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Emerald

From the word “emerald”*

CommonRare
Rank 2015: #1,247, 2016: #1,125, 2017: #975, 2018: #1,026, 2019: #967, 2020: #953, 2021: #904, 2022: #767, 2023: #745, 2024: #708, 2025: #7411 in 4,379 girls in the US, 2025#741 · rising · was #1,247 in 2015
CommonRare
Rank 2015: #2,705, 2016: #2,547, 2017: #2,201, 2018: #2,499, 2019: #1,782, 2020: #1,939, 2021: #1,569, 2022: #1,452, 2023: #1,288, 2024: #1,230, 2025: #1,5121 in 12,664 girls in E&W, 2025#1,512 · rising · was #2,705 in 2015

Girl’s name · English

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What Emerald means

From the word “emerald”

From emerald

Source: Wiktionary, “Emerald” (revision 93670897), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Emerald?

US 2025
#741
367 babies
▼ 33 vs 2024
England & Wales 2025
#1512
20 babies
▼ 282 vs 2024
Scotland 2025
#780
3 babies

US: Rising: up from #1247 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #2705 in 2015.

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US, 1880–2025England & Wales, 1996–2025Babies per 1,000 girls born. Dot: biggest US share (2024)

Biggest US share so far: 2024, when 397 girls got the name (#708 that year). First in the US records in 1904.

How common

  • About 1 in 4,379 baby girls in the US in 2025
  • About 1 in 12,664 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
  • About 1 in 5,964 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NV (0.87 per 1,000 girls), ID (0.84 per 1,000 girls), MS (0.67 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Emerald is #741 in the US and #1512 in England & Wales (2025).

Rank 2025BabiesHow commonRank 2015
US#7413671 in 4,379#1247
England & Wales#1512201 in 12,664#2705
Scotland#78031 in 5,964–

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 92.0% of US babies named Emerald were girls.

GirlsBoys
US 202536732
England & Wales 2025200
US all years since 18809,518538
England & Wales since 19963600

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

If you like Emerald

Girls

  • Edith#499“wealth, riches + battle”
  • Goldie#621From the word “gold”
  • Rosemary#251“dew of the sea”
  • Bonnie#396“fine, beautiful”
  • Laurel#734Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1956, with 1,181 babies; 372 in 2025
  • Ivory#378Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #378 vs #2,440 in 2025

For a brother

  • Sage#455“sedge”
  • Sonny#298Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #822 in 2015, #298 in 2025
  • Aspen#920Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1990, with 8 babies
  • August#81“month of August”
  • Ocean#717“sea”
  • Royal#476Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #476 vs #2,014 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under English, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Emerald’s. Rank is US 2025.

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